Window for vehicle-curtains.



P. SCHAFER.

EW l mo A T Patented Sept.' 1T, 1918.

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.application aise november e, 1917. serial no. 200,562.'

To all whom t may concern:

Be it irnoivn that l, PHiLrPr Sorteren, a citizen of the United States,and a resident Gif Seymour, in the county of Jackson and State otkindiana, have useful improvement in Windows for Vehicle Curtains, of'which the following is a specication. f

My present invention relatesgenerally to the, construction incidentatethe mounting of Windows in apertures in the curtains or' vehicles,particularly motor veliiclesmy object being the provision 4of aconstruction of trame which will permit of ready change of the cellul orother transparent material utilized, and also permit at the same time ofa firm uniform connection with the curtains,'\vithout danger of tearingor otherwise inutilating the latter.

Y My invention therefore, resides generally in the construction as shownin the accompanying drawing, Jforming a part of this specification, andwherein;

Figure 1 is a vieu7 looking at the inside of the Window. l

1IEig. 2 is a vertical section taken therethrough substantially on line2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an outer face vievv of the Window, and

Fig. e is detail perspective view of porn tions or' the Window indetached relation.

Referring nov: to these gures, my inv in such manner that material,usuallyV Celluloid, may be removed Whenever it is desii-ed, or becomeslnecessary.

is Will be presently made plain, my invention aims to support thetransparent niaterial 11 in place so that it may be readily removed andother material substituted, and in such manner as to normally hold the Ysame rmly in place by engaging the ound its opening tanger of tearingmaterial or' the curtain 1c such Way as to obvias` or otherwiseinutilating ene curtain.

accomplish e f regoing, my invention proposes a in ccnsis' ing of innerand outer ig ons and leach o generally torre, altnougn this fornimay'vary if, :torv instance, 'an oval or round Awindow vis desired.

The inner section 12 'of the iframe 1s curved in cross section andprovided at' certain points therearound with apertures 14l to re ceivetherethrough the extensions or prongs 15 of astenin members the curvedheads 16' of which as particularly seen in Fig. 4,

are adapted to rest against the inner conveXly curved surface otI theframe section 12. These apertures 11i of the frame. section I 12 are inalinement with openings 17 through the transparent material 11 adjacentand around its outer edges and through a flexible strip 18 secured `tothe transparent section around its edges, the latter together ivith'those portions of the curtain 10 immediately adjacent its openingAwithin which the fra-me is disposed, being clamped in'. use between theframe sections 12 and 13, as clearly seen in Fig. 2.

the transparent material 11 around the inner portion of the frame toprevent ingressfofig.v

IThe section 13 ofthe" Water land moisture. frame is also providedavithan inwardly reverting Harige 20 around its outer portion, serrated asplainly seen in Fig. Ll, soas t0 provide a continuous series ofteeth-like' pro- "ections around the outer section, permitting thelatter to iirm'ly and uniformly clam the adjacentportions of the curtainon the eXi4-*9o ble strip' 18 betweeny thesaine and the outer` portionof the curved inner frame section 12, as seen in Fig. 2, WithouthoWever,'entering the material of the curtain 10, so'that 'thus avoiddanger ofrptea'ning and n1uti' n lating the latter.

rlfhe outer frame 13 is also provided With apertures 21 alined with theapertures' 14 of `the inner section'12, and with the apertures if?"before referred to and apertures in 100 the adjacent portions of thecurtain 10, to

receive the prongs or -,extensions 15 olfV the l' fastening members 16,the extremities of which prongs or extensions arevbent laterf'4 allyupon the cuter 'race oft' 'section 13, as we clearly seen in 3, 'seas.to removably lock the two sectionsovtljie raniein opera# tive position.

1t is thus obvious thatfrny' construction provides for securely clampingthefvvindow 2twframe 'with its' transnarent material in connection witha flexible vehicle curtain, and

to do this evenly and uniformly along a line around the frame and alonga line or the curtain outwardly beyond its perforations through whichthe removable fastening members of the frame normally. extend.

l claim:

l. window traine of the character described, including opposing sectionsbetween which to clamp a window covering, one of which is concavo-convex1n cross section and the other of which has a flange around .its inneredge and a serrated reverting flange around its outer edge, both saidflanges' being extended toward the lirst section to respectively opposethe inner and outer' edge portions ofthe concave tace of said firstsection, and means to detachably connect the said sections5 extendingthrough the saine at tively opposing the inner and outer edge portionsot' .the concave face of' the first section, and detachable fasteningmembers extending through and connecting the said sections at pointsbetween the flanges oi" the 35 last-named section. i,

A window frame of the character described, comprising a pair ot opposingframe sections adapted to clamp a window covering therebetween,including an outer frame 4C section having inturned flanges around itsinner and outer edges, the outer flange of which reverts in an inwarddirection and is serrated and has an outer ilat tace, andan inner framesection having its inner edge 4 opposing the inner flange of the outersec tion and curved in cross section with its concave tace toward theouter section and with its outer portion lapping and 'imposing the outerflat face of the reverting outer flange ot' the outer sectionv` andmeans ein tending through the outer traine section at points between itssaid flanges and through the inner frame section, for detachably unitingthe sectionsr` substantially as de- 55 scribed.

PHILIPP SCHAFER. Witnesses lnonon H. i-lnrxs, irrita Cox.

